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Saturday, April 25, 2009

carrot top

My wee play quilt is done! I started with 3 charm packs from the wee play line and then I added fat quarters from my stash from that line and various other moda fabrics. I love how well the different lines work together.

It was hard to quilt. (Lots of seams.)I used the disappearing 9 patch pattern, which is pretty fun.I love the back. A lot. It features more of my favorite red polka dot. (I still have almost a yard left. I'll be so sad when it's gone.)

Since the back was a bit smaller than the front (oops!), quilting was a bit tricky, but I squeaked by. Barely. I had to add a little patch of cream to fill in one spot, but it's barely noticeable. I did end up trimming down the quilt top just a bit (maybe an eighth of an inch on each end). The sides were just fine. I think I learned my lesson. I hope I learned my lesson.

It's a twin size. (My third twin quilt in a row.) For my next project, I'm ready to move on to something smaller.

80 comments:

nice job! again! when you say it was hard to quilt because it had lots of seams, is it because there's lots of bumps and potentially broken needles, or is it harder to move the fabric around, or under the foot, because of the seams?

I found that when quilting a quilt with allot of seams, pressing the seams open seems to help some. But I know what you mean by it being hard, my commission quilt was a nightmare!! But my son's quilt I pressed the seams open and did not have any problems other than running out of bobbin thread here and there lol

AmandaJean....you are one amazing crazy mom quilter! I am so impressed! I really want to try a disappearing nine patch soon, too, it looks so much more complicated than it really is! I like that part! Check out my sneak peak at my baby quilt top. Let me know what you think! Have a great weekend!

I always look forward to your posts - and all the lovely colours you put into your projects. You've changed me into a patchwork quilter - it's all I can think about! Lol! I'd never done a 'real' quilt until I found your blog! Thankyou for being such an inspiration.Best wishes,Jenelle

it is lovely - again, as usual :-) I admire so much your quilting, I always have problem with quilting, it is so frightening for me to even think of quilting a twin size quilt...Kristinapriscillacraft.blogspot.com

It's so bright and cheery. Now a question???...what do you typically do with all your quilts? I looked at my stack of quilts and wondered that recently. I could never stop making them!! At some point when do you have so many that you can't use them all...something to think about I guess.

Lovely! I am currently trying a dissapearing 9 patch (thanks you your inspiration) and I need to know, once you cut the larger squares, to you just turn them and keep them with the same block, or do you just randomly sew those final cut blocks together??Keep up the great work!

Fantastic quilt! Those fabrics look great together in the disappearing nine patch. Glad to hear you made that backing work... I know firsthand the "holding of my breathe" moment when it comes to having to squeak by with a smaller backing.

This is so adorable. I love it. I'm glad that someone as professional as yourself makes mistakes too, so please keep sharing them if you do make anymore. I'd love to feel better about my mistakes. :) Very beautiful!

Very nice. I was surprised to see it was a disappearing 9 patch. It looks very random, like your monochromatic series. I love it, and now have a new quilt pattern to put on my To-Do list. Boy is that list growing!!

okay i haven't read any of the comments but i'm sure they go a little like mine:holy crap woman are you like on crack or something? how do you make such amazing quilts in such a short amount of time? that is a beautiful quilt and you are so awesome and i want to be like you!

I love it! So much so that I'm working on with the same fabric using the same method. I'm a beginner and a little afraid to free motion just yet - do you have any suggestions on what type of grid pattern you would use to quilt this?

Hey I love this quilt and wondered did you make up the pattern or where did you find it? I mainly have done appliqued quilts and I am looking for a patchwork one like this to try next. I would like some help finding this type of pattern if you wouldn't mind. Thank you so much I love reading your blogs and seeing your work I think that it is all amazing.

You just don't know what you started! lol!! I've been cutting out squares like crazy and fell in love with the pattern you used. I am totally lusting after the wee play fabric but will have to wait until I use up some of what I have - sigh. Thank you for the inspiration!!

Hi Amanda Jean, I love your blog and it has inspired me in so many ways.I'm about to emabark on a disappearing 9 patch and wanted to know if you keep your original 9 patch layout together after you cut it or do you then mix them up further. I was trying to examine your wee wonderful and couldn't work out where the 'partners' ended up sometimes. Love your insights. Hope I'm not too late to ask a question about this one!Theresa